John wolfe



Feb. 12, 1929.

J. WOLFE CIGARETTE PACKAGE HOLDER Filed Dec. 1926 INVENTOR Jo finmfe BY ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 12,1929

UNITED. STATES JOHN WOLFE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

CIGARETTE-PACKAGE HOLDER.

Application filed December 3, 1926, Serial No. 152,446, and in France July 31, 1926.

This invention relates to containers and has particular reference to a. holder for cigarette packages.

The outstanding object of the present invention is to provide a cigarette package holder which serves as a means for preventing crushing of the package and its contents while permitting of the dispensing or with- "drawal of the cigarettes.

The invention furthermore comprehends a holder for cigarette packages which includes a body preferably in the nature of a skeleton framework having a hingedly connected corner section capable of being swung to an open position for exposing the tornaway corner of the package to allow for the removal of the cigarettes therefrom.

The invention aims as a further object to provide a cigarette package holder which is comparatively simple in its construction, economical to manufacture, and which is highly efficient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which there is exhibited one example or embodiment of the invention which is in no way intended as a limitation upon the scope of the appendedclaim as it is to be clearly understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of said claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder or container with the package removed;

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the package in place;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through the corner equipped withthe cover and illustrating the same in full and dotted lines in its closed and opened positions, respectively.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the holder consists of a body preferably in the nature of a wire or open framework which includes a substantially rectangular rear frame 10 and a substantially rectangular front frame 11, the latter belng of substantially lesser height than the form-er and connected thereto at the lower end by lower side rails 12. The upper end of the rear frame is connected by side rails 13 to a cross rail 14, which in turn is connected by ment of the package angularly disposed ele- I ments 18 extend from the frames 10 and 11,

respectively, to the bottom and top side rails.

This leaves the lower end of the body open for the insertion and removal of the cigarette package P. A retaining element 19 in the nature of an arm is hinged at 20 to one of the lower side rails 12, the same being of a resilient material and formed at its free terminal with a catch 21 designed to engage over the opposite lower side rail 12 after the insertion of the cigarette package within the body. The corner of the package registering with the cut-away corner of the body, is designed to be torn away at T in the usual manner to expose the cigarettes C. In order to close and cover the torn-away corner T, a cover element 22 is hinged at 23 to the cross rail 14. A spring lock is employed for holding the cover in either its open or closed position, and consists of a leaf spring 24 carried by the hinged portion of the cover for engagement with the upper and lower faces 25 and 26 of a lug 27 formed on and projecting forwardly from the cross rail 14. The cover 22 is preferably constructed of sheet metal and, if desired, may be reinforced by an internal frame.

Within the upper portion of the front frame there is preferably mounted a sheet metal plate 28, the upper end of which projects slightly above the upper rail of the front frame so as to engage within the cover when closed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a neat, attractive and effective holder for cigarette packages has been devised, which prevents the crushing of the package and its contents when carried in the pocket.

What is claimed is:

A cigarette package holder comprising a cage-like body including spaced parallel side and end bars, one pair of each of which are of lesser length than the remaining pair, a pair of spaced bars connecting the ends of said shorter pair of bars to define a cut away corner, transverse barseonnecting said side and end bars and angularly disposed corner bars at the remainingeorners, one of the transverse bars "at one end of the holder being movable to a position to permit of the insertion of a cigarette package and nor mally movable to a position to retain the same Within the holder, and a cover element for the cutaway corner adapted to close a torn-away corner of the package eoneiding With the cutaway corner of the holder.

JOHN WOLFE. 

